Chapter 332: A Way to Live

The Yuan Jinghao Division of the Fourth Independent Brigade led by Liu Tiehan, the Shen Jingshan Division of the Second Artillery Brigade, and the Jiang Yanming Division of the Huangyadong Garrison Brigade became the last straw that crushed the Ningma and Qingma coalition forces.

Tang Qiuli was very surprised by Liu Tiehan's arrival, he glanced at Feng Jiwu, and understood what was going on, he wanted to ask Liu Tiehan about the construction of the Taihang Mountain Base Area and the defense of Tianjin, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back.

He is very aware of the ability of a few old fellows, and if he is not sure, he will not make such a military action, especially Liu Tiehan, who has always been known for his stability, and the situation in North China must have been arranged, if he asked, he didn't seem to believe in their ability, but it was not beautiful.

After a brief discussion with them, the following arrangements were made: Liu Tiehan and Feng Jiwu led the Han Tiebu of the 3rd Independent Brigade, Yuan Jinghao of the 4th Independent Brigade, Tong Batu of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Shen Jingshan of the 2nd Artillery Brigade, and Jiang Yanming of the Huangyadong Garrison Brigade, and quickly marched westward to encircle Lanzhou in Gansu and Xining in Qinghai respectively.

In view of the fact that Suma had lost all its main forces, and the focus of the encirclement was Xining in Qinghai, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade was in the center to prevent the other two horses in the northwest from sending troops to reinforce them, and all units should besiege the encircled cities without attacking them, so as to form a deterrent.

After a brief meeting with Liu Tiehan, they each led their troops to complete the task.

The rout of the troops all over the mountains and fields opened the eyes of the soldiers of the independent division, and the troops who surrounded Yinchuan, Ningxia, captured more than 5,000 stragglers in one day, and what made the soldiers feel strange was that the Ma Jiajun in Ningxia broke and fled first, and the independent division caught up later, but they fell behind themselves.

In the first battle of Liang, the independent division annihilated the cavalry troops of the three horses with more than 60,000 troops and at the cost of hundreds of casualties, defeated nearly 170,000 horses and horses, and formed an encirclement of the old nest of the three horses, which can be described as a brilliant result.

Countless weapons and ammunition were captured, as well as military supplies, and what made the soldiers even happier was that more than 10,000 war horses were captured in two battles, and they were fully equipped.

Tang Qiuli was not interested in the captured weapons and ammunition at all, and he asked Xu Haidong, the commander of the Red Army reconnaissance company, to immediately notify General Xu Haidong and ask him to send troops to the area around Yiliang to clean up the battlefield and accept the weapons and ammunition presented by Tang Qiuli.

There are more than 10,000 war horses, Tang Qiuli is reluctant to give any of them to the Red Army, and most of the future battlefields in North China are mountain battles, and the cavalry troops will play an irreplaceable role, and will become a sharp sword in his hand, draining the blood of the little devil.

The commander of the reconnaissance company of the Red Army, after hearing Tang Qiuli's words, did not react for a while, he couldn't believe that there were still troops who did not want to capture weapons and ammunition after the battle, they were either stupid or rich.

Looking at Tang Qiuli from the corner of his mouth, with a kind and slightly playful smile, for the first time in his life, the Red Army company commander saluted a Kuomintang officer with gratitude and sincerity, and then, almost ran out, he personally experienced the two battles of dressing up Liang, and knew how much material was captured, which was a great fortune, and the entire Red Army would change the equipment.

On the 25th, Tang Qiuli led the guard brigade to the periphery of Yinchuan, which at this time had been surrounded by tens of thousands of independent divisions, and the internal and external communications were cut off.

In the suburbs of Yinchuan, a prisoner camp was established, which successively contained more than 10,000 stragglers, and together with the 5,000 prisoners captured on the first day of the siege, the entire prisoner camp reached nearly 20,000 people.

Ma Hongkui in Yinchuan City, like an ant on a hot pot, he didn't expect that the Central Army took such a big advantage, and refused to stop, taking advantage of the victory to pursue, chasing after him on his heels, and besieging Yinchuan City like an iron bucket.

The troops who came back from dressing up Liang are only 10,000 people, and they are all troops of his immediate family and cronies, and Ma Hongkui knows very well the combat effectiveness of these troops, except for showing off his power and using his own power to collect money and promote officials.

Those who can really fight and have combat effectiveness are still those troops composed of ordinary farmers and herdsmen, and they are not good to them in peacetime, and those who are officials are their relatives and cronies.

He sent telegrams to the two brothers and sisters respectively, asking them about the situation there, and the news of their return made Ma Hongkui even more depressed, they were all surrounded in the old nest, and it was difficult for the Bodhisattva to cross the river inside and out, let alone reach out and pull a hand, and whether he could live until that day was not something he could say, he had to listen to the central army besieging the city.

Ma Hongkui sent a telegram to the other two brothers of his own family who did not participate in the battle, asking for help, bitterly stating the stakes and begging bitterly.

The other two horses also felt that there was some truth in what this old man said, and it was not a matter to keep this foreign central army in the west, so the two horses pieced together the strength of the two armies, drove to the periphery of Xining, and stayed on the front line of Huangzhong, Guide, and Jianzha, and waited and saw the situation.

When they woke up, the Central Army on the opposite side sent them a saturated meal of shells, and on their own flanks, there were large-scale troops moving, and there were attempts to surround themselves, and the two horses had nothing to catch except for dropping thousands of corpses.

Seeing this, the two horses were shocked and hurriedly retreated, along the way. ran fast, for fear of leading this disaster to his own territory, and the fate of the three brothers of the Ma family was really scary.

Ma Hongkui in Yinchuan City, all hope is gone, all the ways he can think of, it has no effect, he just didn't expect that to send a telegram to the Nanjing Nationalist Government, in his opinion, it is the surname Jiang who sent troops to call and discuss with him, it is not self-deprecating

It is possible to get yourself to Nanjing and put him under house arrest, surnamed Jiang, but he is not fuel-efficient, and he is ruthless

Ma Hongkui has always wondered why he and the other two brothers of his own family, nearly 200,000 horses, have lost their efforts in a few days? I don't even know who the opponent is, and when I fought the Red Army, I wasn't so aggrieved

Ma Hongkui hid in the mansion all day long, he really didn't want to see his remnants of the defeated generals, the streets and alleys of Yinchuan, rumors were spreading, and people were panicked, saying that Chief Ma had offended Chairman Jiang in Nanjing, and Chairman Jiang sent troops to encircle and suppress him.

Hearing these rumors, Ma Hongkui has the intention of committing suicide, so where is it? When did you offend the surname Jiang? When he fought the Red Army, Lao Jiang was very affectionate to himself, just like a brother, he wanted a gun for a gun, and a gun for a cannon, how could he turn his face and not recognize people?

Ma Hongkui had nothing to do, he had already planned for the worst, transferred his property, entrusted his family to the people closest to him, and then, with his eyes closed, resigned himself to fate, stretched his neck, and waited to be knifed.

The adjutant came in to report that the besieging Central Army had sent a representative, and there was an important letter to be handed over to Chief Ma in person, Ma Hongkui had a feeling of escaping death, and the other party sent two people, which meant that he did not want to die yet, and things had taken a turn for the better.

He almost greeted the representatives of the Central Army in the specifications of the Celestial Empire and the messenger of God, and he was carelessly waiting? His own net worth and life are all in the hands of others

Zhao Yuhe, as Tang Qiuli's plenipotentiary representative, entered Yinchuan City, which was filled with an atmosphere of panic.

Tang Qiuli was very relieved to let Zhao Yuhe go to Yinchuan to negotiate with Ma Hongkui, the army pressed the border, Ma Hongkui's qiē was all held in the palm of his hand, Zhao Yuhe went here, there was no danger, and he could receive the highest courtesy.

Ma Hongkui was surprised to see Zhao Yuhe and was surprised that he was so young and had such a high military rank, and his subordinates, except for his immediate family members, if ordinary officers survived to colonels, they would have to be forty or fifty years old.

He didn't dare to slack off at all, although the person who came was young, he represented the tens of thousands of troops outside the city.

Zhao Yuhe handed over the teacher's handwritten letter to Ma Hongkui.

Ma Hongkui opened the letter, a strong and powerful handwriting, came into view, the content of the letter was: "Chief Ma Xunjian, the contemptible person is the commander of the 29th Army of the National ** Army, Tang Qiuli, the commander of the North China Independent Division, the two armies are fighting, it is really helpless, Tang is not a belligerent person." ”

"It's all because of the Ma Dynasty Sect of the Ningdong Security Brigade of your department, innocently killed the members of our joint exploration team and the guards, and 217 people died, Tang took action and punished him slightly, but unexpectedly, Chief Ma did not distinguish between right and wrong, and insisted on protecting his subordinates, and even gathered troops from Gansu and Qinghai to attack our department with more than 200,000 people."

"Our unit had to fight in self-defense, dressed up as Liang to fight, first completely annihilated the Gansu troops, and then severely damaged the troops of Commander Ma and Qinghai, remembering that he was also Chinese, Tang did not rush to kill everything, otherwise, with the situation at that time, Commander Ma was confident that he could retreat with his whole body?"

"It is not Tang's fault to cause an incident in vain, resulting in the death of ordinary soldiers, but in the fault of Chief Ma's thoughts, now Xining and Lanzhou, are all besieged, Yinchuan is the key, what is particularly intolerable is that Chief Ma actually connived at his subordinates and burned down the border county, causing the whole city to turn into a ruin, tens of thousands of people, displaced, homeless, hungry and cold, crying on the streets, you and I are fighting for soldiers, why do you affect innocent people?"

"Chief Ma's move, thinking that the heavens are angry with the people, the people and the gods are angry, the people on the border, the blood letter is wronged, and they unanimously ask Tang to uphold justice, bring Chief Ma to justice, and calm the people's grievances, however, Tang remembered the feelings of his colleagues, and couldn't bear to do things absolutely, so he pointed out a way out for Chief Ma, as for other responsibilities, Tang took care of it."

After reading the text of the letter, Ma Hongkui breathed a sigh of relief, the little life of himself and his family was saved, and the 29th Army of North China knew that it was Song Zheyuan's troops, and Tang Qiuli, the commander of the North China Independent Division, came out of nowhere? The shot was ruthless enough, and all the family funds I had accumulated for decades were wiped out at once

Let's see what kind of life path he showed me? Ma Hongkui took the letter behind him and looked at it carefully.

Looking at it, Ma Hongkui's face gradually turned blue, the black lines burst out, and the hand holding the letter trembled uncontrollably.

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